Newbie would like to say Hi

[Lara]

Hello to forum members,

I'm new here. This looks like an interesting place for a chat so I'll hang out for awhile and see if I like it here.

I don't have favourites but, some books I've enjoyed include, Atonement by Ian McKeown, Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden, Where the Heart is by Billy Letts. I enjoy reading different genres including sci/fi, fantasy.

I noticed somewhere, while I was browsing that someone had the opinion that The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde was boring. There was a time when this type of literature would have had me yawning profusely, nevermind understand it. I found Oscar Wilde to be a passionate and brilliant author. Most interesting was the way he studies society and the distinct difference between rich and poor, not much unlike our society today. I have to wonder if he is mocking the very society I believe he grew up in.

Lara

[Lara]

Hi back Den!

Yes, I think he lived in Japan for quite some time. The book was fascinating. I love to learn about other cultures. I always thought a Geisha was just a prostitute, and I'm sure there are some who hold that opinion regardless.

[atiguhya padma]

Hi Lara,

Yes Atonement was a good book. McEwan is a very interesting writer. I was disappointed with the ending to Atonement though. It seemed to me that he hurried the ending. This seems to be a bit of problem for McEwan. Amsterdam, for instance, has a joke of an ending. It is just so unbelievable.

I haven't read Golden's book. But if you like novels based on Japanese society, you might be interested in David Mitchell's Number9Dream. His first work Ghostwritten was good too.

Atiguhya Padma

[Stanislaw]

Hello fellow Canadian! How are you? Just to tell you this forum isn't so bad, but it used to be better.

[IWilKikU]

There's no pleasing Canadians :mad:

[Stanislaw]

What? We aint that bad!

I forgot to apologize here too, Was in a rather foul mood yesterday, so... I am sorry if I offended anyone, I was just having a bad day.:(